On one hand, a number of NFL executives are crying foul and ready and appear ready to call the agent of Steve Weinberg on the carpet. On the other, Weinberg’s client, Emmanuel Sanders, is calling the uproar overblown and flat-out wrong.

Sanders signed a three-year deal with the Broncos Sunday, but that came after several people around the league alleged that his agent agreed to a deal in principle with the Kansas City Chiefs and had a visit set with the San Francisco 49ers.

At his introductory press conference, Sanders tried to explain what happened.

“Situations like that happen all the time over the National Football League,” he said. “There was no handshake. There was no kind of agreement. We were close to a deal (with the Chiefs), but it wasn’t anything official just yet.

“In terms of shopping around, he didn’t shop around. Teams were still calling and teams were still trying to get involved. Steve Weinberg did an exceptional job in terms of the whole free agency process.”

Weinberg probably has lots of work to do to re-gain respectability around the league. The NFLPA decertified him in 2003 for improper practices with a client and with a partner. He was only recently reinstated and Sanders just signed him on as an agent.

Sanders said of Weinberg: “I believed in him. Everything he said was going to happen, happened. I ended up at the place I needed to be.”

Sanders was especially eager to play for the Broncos after free agent receiver Eric Decker agreed to a deal with the New York Jets. When the Broncos offered, Sanders said there was “first pumping” in his camp.

“We were hoping the numbers matched and they did. (Saturday) was probably one of the best days of my life.”